cerval

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cervārius (“pertaining to a stag”), from cervus (“deer, stag”). Doublet of serval.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /seʁˈvaw/ [seɦˈvaʊ̯]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /seɾˈvaw/ [seɾˈvaʊ̯]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /seʁˈvaw/ [seʁˈvaʊ̯]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /seɻˈvaw/ [seɻˈvaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨɾˈval/ [sɨɾˈvaɫ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨɾˈbal/ [sɨɾˈβaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨɾˈva.li/

  • Homophone: serval
  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: cer‧val

Adjective

cerval m or f (plural cervais)

  1. cervine
  2. (figurative) ferocious

Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: serval
    • → English: serval
    • → German: Serval
    • → Portuguese: serval
    • Translingual: Felis serval

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θeɾˈbal/ [θeɾˈβ̞al] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /seɾˈbal/ [seɾˈβ̞al] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: cer‧val

Adjective

cerval m or f (masculine and feminine plural cervales)

  1. deerlike; deer; cervine
  2. tremendous (fear)

Derived terms

Further reading

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